As some observers note, if all an enterprise is doing is monitoring bare-metal servers and networks in its own data center, “you can probably keep on using your legacy monitoring tools.”
Cloud computing, most would agree, changes matters. Applications running virtually, using cloud service providers plus in-house resources require a new set of monitoring tools.
In 2021, U.K. technology executives have prioritized information technology operations management tool investments such as hybrid infrastructure monitoring (51 percent), AIOps (48 percent), and cloud native observability (47 percent). Digital experience monitoring (46 percent) and Application performance monitoring (46 percent) tools are right behind, says OpsRamp, citing research by McKinsey Global.
“Siloed tools have historically created problems for hybrid infrastructure management as they offer limited context for assessing the health and performance of an IT service,” says OpsRamp. “Our survey shows AIOps (48 percent) is a focus area for tools consolidation, though it trails network performance monitoring (56 percent) and hybrid infrastructure monitoring (54 percent).”
